Judy had a payday last Friday. I asked her when she got paid, and she had no idea? Friday night, several of the “old-timers” were talking about getting paid, so I tried to find out. The “Bank of China” has online banking, but you can’t access it through a Mac computer. No problem, we can use computers at her school. Oops, they all are Mac, also. Oh well, everyone at my school has been talking about picking up their school PC. I find out that as a part-time faculty, I don’t receive a school computer. Stymied!
I was able to use her “debit” card and find out the balance on the account, and she did get paid. Since so much of what we do here is cash transactions, the debit card works fine, but I’m not sure I’ll be able to transfer monies around? My school uses Bank of Beijing, so we’ll have a 2nd bank to deal with. In some of the early meetings at Judy’s school, she was told BISS would get an account at another bank that was easier to use for moving money out of the country. Most of the BISS faculty is paying bills in their home country, as well as Beijing, so accessing their money is a major issue. Three different banks, and I can’t read any of their websites. Sounds like a challenge to me!
I spend Monday working on a powerpoint for my classes this week. As with most things “computer”, I can figure it out, but it takes time. Judy has used the program a lot, so I save up my questions, and get her solutions when she gets home.
I opted out of attending the Monday morning flag-raising at BHSFIC. I had no classes, but was curious and wanted to observe. It was just too much time wasted for the reward. As it turned out, they didn’t have the ceremony. Not sure what happened, but I’ll hear about it on Thursday, when I have classes.
Judy’s days are becoming a more settled, as she gets everything in place. I went to the Apple Store today to get an iPod Touch for her classes. When she’s running a power point and music off the same computer, it takes too long to move from one program to another. Elementary kids won’t sit still long enough. She has to get their attention and hold it, and they don’t have the needed patience while she moves in and out of iTunes. Also, every email or calendar reminder pops up on the screen. She’s never been too keen on the student body knowing when her next haircut was scheduled.
I rewarded myself with lunch while I was out, and found another Mexican food restaurant, “Q Mex”. Check out the chili relleno below. It was good, and they also served tostado chips and salsa. I stayed a long time!
Wandered into Q Mex by mistake. Thought I was going into a pizza place. I just had to suffer through this chili relleno.